Robert E. Hayden (1913-1980). Poet, essayist, lyricist, educator. Served as professor of English for over twenty years at Fisk University. Poet of national rank whose verses won him many honors such as the Grand Prix de la Poesie at the First World...

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938). Poet, essayist, lyricist. Legendary poet who wrote the universally admired work, The Creation (1927). With his brother, co-authored The Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing. Served as the Adam K....